The Ukrainian military says it has inflicted "significant losses" on Russian forces along the eastern front, preventing any advances, Ednews reports citing CNN.
Pavlo Kovalchuk, spokesman for the General Staff, said Ukrainian units "continue to hold back the Russian offensive at the Kupyansk and Lyman directions."
"In the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces are consolidating their positions. Heavy fighting continues," he added.
Maksym Zhorin, the acting commander of the 3rd Assault Brigade said Wednesday that "extremely difficult daily battles are taking place" near the city.
The Ukrainians have been trying to take high ground south of the city.
"This area is still extremely important and promising for the enemy. The enemy still sees Bakhmut as an important point from which to continue its offensive," Zhorin said.
The General Staff said that Russian efforts to conduct offensives in the Donetsk region -- specifically around Avdiivka and Mariinka -- had been repelled.
Kovalchuk said that in the south the offensive in the directions of Berdiansk and Melitopol continues, with Ukrainian units "consolidating their positions."